Medicated felt



UNITED STATES PATENT ANTHONY F. MAC/HOLD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEDICATED FELT.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,189, dated April9, 1889.

Application filed October 25, 1888. Serial No. 289,698x (No specimens.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it nmy concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY F. MAGHOLD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matterfor Medicinal Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a composition of matter, whichcan he used as a cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, and diseases of asimilar nature, that can readily be applied to the person thusaffiicted, in the shape of clothing or bandages.

My composition consists, essentially, of the following ingredientscombined in the proportions, viz: Pure lambs wool, sixteen ounces; dogshair, one ounce; oil of juniper-berry, one gill. These ingredients areto be combined or mixed in the following manner: The lambs wool and dogshair are first mixed in their rough state and then passed through ablower (such as is used for clearing wool) which extracts therefrom allthe refuse matter and leaves only the fine wool and hair, which isthoroughly mixed. After this is done the mixture of wool and hair istreated or saturated with the oil of the juniper-berry. In order to morethoroughly spread the oil through the mixed wool and hair, the oil isdiluted with water to the extent of about one gallon of water to onegill of oil, to which is added a tea-spoonful of vitriol, which causesthem to mix. The mixture of wool and hair is then thoroughly saturatedwith the liquid and placed to dry. The water evaporates and leaves theoil clinging to the wool and hair, after which it can be made into anyshape desired.

.The composition, when applied to the body of a person, not onlyprevents it from becoming cold, but causes it to become heated. It actsupon the whole system directly by means of the blood, which conveyseverywhere throughout the body the heat it receives at the surface.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, 1s

The herein-described composition of matter, consisting of lainbs wool,dogs hair, and oil of the juniper-berry, in the proportions specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 11am e to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY F. MAOHOLD.

NVitnesses:

HEW B. MACLEAN, NATHAN 0. LANE.

